Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-01
Suicide Of Raymond Belmont, Son Of
iuguSi BELMONT.
A rEsrEE!TE Eyc5vETE2 BETWEEN
DETECTIVES AND TaAII ROBBERS.
cczn;s: Ears:i By = lsS for tie Azstss
Of Lulu Green
Arrest Of Seventy-four Chinese, with
$4,000 in Cash.
MAxWrIt, THE MURDERER or PasLIER.
AeAIH RfspITEn.
SPECIAL TO TIE sEyTTSEL-l
Suietds Of Raymond Belmont.

mn AhAAAE
of August Belmont, the we!l-known
banker. had shot himself. Young Bel
mont lived with his father at 100 Fifth
Avenue, and WAS associated with the
Belmont banking house at II Pine
street. In the evening Raymond went
out to dinner. He returned shortly
before | O'Clock this morning, with him
was Leonard Behr, a night Waterman,
with whom young Raymond was well
acquainted, and who frequently accom-
panied him home. They went to the
basement, where there vas a shooting
gallery, in which young Belmont,
who was a very expert shot, ire
duentIy practiced. Here ne also had
reyoIvers and guns. As they entered
the room young Belmont picked up a
double-acting smith & Wesson re-
voIyer, of 81 calibre, aAd turning to
Behr, said: NOW, | want you to go
and hold up a gold collar button IN
your hand, and / will shoot 1t out"
Behr, who had frequently seen the
Young man shoot, and had great con-
fidenae in him, at once agreed to do
this. Before taking up his position,
however, young Belmont turned to
him and said: "Oh, first close all the
doors, 80 that the report may not
alarm father, who is upstairs" There
upon BeIrr walked over to the door,
and had Just put his hand upon it,
when he heard the report Of a pistol.
Turning, he saw young Belmont fall
ing to the floor, with blood gushing
from the wound in the right side of his
head. "My God, Raymond" he
cried, what have YOU done?" He
leaned over the young man, who
opened his eyes, and looking at him
tried to speak, but could not. Behr
aroused August Belmont, the young
mans father, who was all alone in the
house. Young Belmont died soon
after. The bullet entered his brain.
The Coroner found that the bullet
had passed clear through the skull, en-
tering the right side of the head, and
coming out at the left. The watch
man said the shooting was accidental,
but the Coroner said all the indica-
tons pointed to suicide. 1t vas evil
dent that young Belmont had taken
considerable wine with his dinner.
Mrs. Belmont is in Washington, with
Congressman Perry Belmont. She
vas notified by telegraph this morn
ing.
Coroner Eidman said to-day that he
had no doubt the shooting OF Belmont
was due to the accidental discharge OF
the revolver. He made some in
quiries, and acquainted himself with
the facts, sufficient, taken in connec-
ton with other circumstances, to feel
assured that the cas- was not one OF
suicide.
Arrest of Train Robbers.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Jan. 31.-Two
detectives, accompanied by four men,
started with bloodhounds in pursuit OF
a gang OF train robbers, which have
been operating in this city for the last
six months. News reached here this
morning that the robbers had been
overtaken, and a desperate encounter
at close range ensued, and that the de-
tectives and prisoners would arrive
this evening on q special train. The
robbers were tracked into Hell's Cam
Won, near Belen Station, so miles south
OF here, and when the robbers discov-
cred they we're surrounded, they pre-
pared for a fight, and made a bloody
defense at close range. The robbers
proved to be four in number and well
armed. The detectives demanded
their surrender, which was answered
by a volley of lead from the robbers,
and then a regular battle commenced.
The detectives and party were too
many for them, however, and in the
capture Hardy Forest was killed, but
after being shot lived long enough to
make a confession, duplicating the
whole party. Two others were cap
tured, the fourth making his escape.
One OF the lei captured proved to be
Charlie Ross, who wounded Marshal
Mcclure in this city last November,
and subsequently broke Jail. The
name of the other robber is Leslie
Bots, a native of Weatherford, Texas.
Both men are now lodged in jail,
which is surrounded by a Sheriff's
posse. Lynching is favored and like
wise feared.
VIII Protect the Canadian Fish.
cries.
TORONTO, Jan. 31.-An Ottawa cor
respondent of the Mail says: Yester-
day the announcement was made that
the Imperial Government has con-
scented to send men-of-war out next
season to assist in the protection OF
the Canadian fisheries. To the peo-
pie of the United States doubtless this
will be anything but as palatable
information, but as a matter of fact,
it is simply following the precedent
established before the Washington
come into operation. A prom
inent official, on being interviewed as
to the correctness OF the report, said !